DISCLAIMER: Teddy Lupin, Victoire Weasley and all the other Harry Potter characters are property of JK Rowling, not me; no copyright infringement is intended.

A/N: Shortish drabble type things . . . probably around fifteen in total, give or take. Teddy and Victoire think they're being so subtle with their "secret" relationship, but they don't realise that the rest of world seems to have noticed them. Hopefully, I'll get to upload a chapter a day :)

The Art of Being Subtle

Chapter One – Dominique

Gryffindor Seventh Year Boys Dormitories – 7th July – 7:32pm

"I'd better go . . . we don't want people getting suspicious, do we?" Victoire asked, unwilling to tear herself away from her boyfriend.

"Do you have to?" Ted asked, punctuating his words with kisses.

"No, I really don't want to," Victoire said, sitting upright and straightening her blouse. "But if we don't want people finding out, we've got to be . . . what's the opposite of suspicious?" She combed her fingers through her hair so it was less rumpled, and reapplied lip gloss to her swollen lips.

"Normal?" Teddy suggested, wiping his girlfriend's lip gloss off his face. "We've got to be like we always were . . . I mean, if anyone was to find out, we'd never hear the end of it."

"Yeah, it's best to keep it quiet," Victoire agreed. "You still have lip gloss on your nose. How do I look?"

"Hot," Teddy replied, removing the gloss. "No, seriously, you look fine. Come on, I'll walk you back to the Ravenclaw Common Room."

They came down the stairs together, chatting aimlessly. "Victoire? Ted? What've you guys been doing?" Dominique, Victoire's fourth year Gryffindor sister gawped at the pair of them as they came down the stairs. Her eyebrows were climbing steadily up her face.

"God, Dom, you've got such a dirty mind," Victoire said, loading her voice with scorn. "Ted was just giving me his Potions and Herbology notes so that I can use them next year. I'll still have mine, of course, but it'll be useful to have them so I can read up on the next lesson. I'll be able to stay ahead and—"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Dominique said, dismissing her comments with a wave of her hand. "God, you guys are such nerds. Anyone else would be up there having, like, a total snogging session, but you two are exchanging notes. Honestly. By the way, can I borrow your red top for the graduation party?"

"How did you get an invite? It's only supposed to be for the older students, isn't it?" Victoire asked.

"Um, it's being held in the Gryffindor Common Room this year, dummy," Dominique replied. "And can I have it? The top, I mean?"

"If you really must," she said.

"Thanks, Vic, you're the best!" Dominique cried, shooting up the stairs. "I'll come and get it off you at some point soon!"

Victoire and Teddy glanced at each other, once she had gone. "That was so close," said Victoire.

"Too close," agreed Teddy.

"Well, I didn't see you trying to talk your way out of it with a reasonable argument!" she exclaimed.

"Sorry," he grimaced. "I'll try harder next time. But you handled the whole thing pretty well by yourself."

"Thanks," she said. "Do you think she suspects anything?"

"Nah, no chance," Ted said, as they made their way over to the Portrait Hole. "Your acting skills were pretty good, for once."

She rolled her eyes at him, and they made their way over to the Ravenclaw Common Room together.

"Oh, my God," Dominique said, throwing her shoes under the bed.

"What is it?" her friend and Dorm mate Alicia Waters asked, emerging from the bathroom with her hair wrapped in a towel turban.

"My sister and Teddy Lupin," Dominique said, falling on to the bed dramatically.

"Did they finally start going out?" Alicia asked, searching for a comb.

"I think so," said Dominique, throwing her one over from her own chest of drawers. "I came across them coming down from the boys Dorms together—"

"Oo-er!" Alicia said, combing through her hair.

"I know, right? So I asked them what they'd been up to, and she spun me some nonsense about Potions notes or something," she said, rolling her eyes. "Honestly, how thick do they think I am?"

"We-ell," teased Alicia.

"Oh, thanks!" said Dominique.

"Anyway, are they officially going out now?" she asked, dodging the nail file that had been thrown at her.

"They're not admitting it," said Dominique. "I reckon that they'll try and keep it secret – but I bet you someone'll have spilled the beans by the end of the summer."

"Oh, definitely," agreed Alicia. "Oh, my God, did I tell you that Aiden Karvaski was so flirting with me in Divination today?"

"Oh, my God – no! Tell me everything!" commanded Dominique, momentarily forgetting about her older sister.

A/N: Please review :)